Reviews - The Narrowboat Girl - Annie Murray

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This is an absorbing tale of adventure and true love. Young Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her beloved father. But worse is to come when her mother Flo sees an opportunity to better herself and her family in a marriage to the local undertaker Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man Norman is not at all what he seems as Maryann and her sister Sal soon discover. Unable to turn to their unsympathetic mother for support the girls are left alone with their harrowing secret. But for Sal it is too much to bear...The chance of a new life opens up for Maryann when she befriends Joel Bartholomew. Aboard his narrowboat the Esther Jane she finds herself falling in love with life on the canal as she is swept away from Birmingham and all her worries. Until Joel's feelings for Maryann begin to change awakening all the old nightmares that she had thought were long buried and in panic and confusion she takes flight...

I found The Narrowboat Girl on Amazon randomly and I read the synopsis and it sounded interesting! I kept the book in mind and a few months later I asked for it when my partner asked what I’d like for my Christmas present! I read the book very quickly and thoroughly enjoyed it. ~ The story ~ The...